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Question

That various kinds of goods were to be sharply discounted in the supermarket sent so many people gathering in front of it，the news of which ________ widely via the Internet．（　　）

A. spread

B. was spread

C. will be spread

D. had spread

Answer 1

答案是B．本题考查时态和语态；首先news和spread之间是被动关系，故排除A和D；根据题干中的were to be discounted推断事件发生在过去，故用一般过去时的被动语态，答案选B．